Fencing at the 1997 Summer Universiade
# Fencing at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Fencing events were contested at the 1997 Summer Universiade in the island of Sicily, Italy.

## Medal overview

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Rolando Tucker (CUB) | Sergei Golubitsky (UKR) | Vadim Ayupov (RUS) Wang Haibin (CHN) |
| Team Foil | Ukraine (UKR) | Cuba (CUB) | China (CHN) |
| Individual Épée | Oleksandr Horbachuk (UKR) | Iván Trevejo (CUB) | Davide Burroni (ITA) Gunther Krajevski (GER) |
| Team Épée | Ukraine (UKR) | Hungary (HUN) | Poland (POL) |
| Individual Sabre | Vadim Gutzeit (UKR) | Luigi Tarantino (ITA) | Sergey Sharikov (RUS) Dmitry Lapkes (BLR) |
| Team Sabre | Italy (ITA) | Hungary (HUN) | Ukraine (UKR) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Anna Giacometti (ITA) | Ildikó Mincza (HUN) Xiao Aihua (CHN) |
| Team Foil | Hungary (HUN) | Italy (ITA) | Romania (ROM) |
| Individual Épée | Tímea Nagy (HUN) | Karina Aznavourian (RUS) | Barbara Ciszewska (POL) Viktoriya Titova (UKR) |
| Team Épée | Hungary (HUN) | Russia (RUS) | China (CHN) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA)* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
